Gutter-cleaning device for stables



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F. J. BOBSEINE.

GUTTER CLEANING DEvlcE FOR sTALEs.

FILED APR..26, 1920.

Jan. 9, 1923.

Jan. 9,1923.

F. L BOBSEINE., GUTTER CLEANING DEVICE FOR STABLES.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED APR. 26, I920.

Jari. 9, 1923. 1,441,555.

F. J. BBSEINEI GUTTER CLEANING DEvlcE Foa sTABLEs.

1 HLEb APn.2e,192o.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

707 .-w g gq y @Patented Juri. 9, l191323.

FRANK si. BOBSEINE, or GQWANDA, New Your. i

reisst GUTTER-.CLEANING DEVICE FOR STABLESL Application -fued Aprile@ 192e.y sera1'N., e7e,726.

To @ZZ @0220m- /t muy ommewt: l y:

Be it known that l, FRANK JVBoBsEINn, a citizen of the United'States9 residing at (lowanda.` in the county of Cattaraugus. 5 and. State of N ew York, have inventeiil `certain new and useful `lmloroveinents in Gutter-Cleaning `Devices `for Stables,` of

kwhich the following' is a specification.

rlhis invention relatesvto gutter cleaning l0 devices forstables and has as its object generally to provide means whereby a stable gutter may he cleaned `mechan-ieally thus obviatingthe expenifliture of manual labor in neriorniing this task. c

Another object of the invention is to provide., in a device fort-he purpose stated, embodying; a conveyor flight movable lonv` ojitudinally in the stable gutter, novel means whereby th'eniovement of `this conveyoi` 20 tliejht may be reiidily controlled both in if movement in the directionto cleanvthe hitter tund in its return movemenhnovel i." beine' provided` fior maintaining' the it condi-tion during the opera '25" tion oi" the devicefaiul for regulating the spoed ot travel of the saine `particu'larly as it isbcinir returned to position within the gutter. 4 y c y Various other objects which I :hav-e in 30 view and various :ulvantagcs for the dili'eront mechanisms employed will be made clear in the yspecilic description ot the structure which is to'follow. l i Y f .ln the A:iccompanying` drawings i i Figure l is iv view in side elevation of the vdevice embodying' the i present invention installed yin operative relation t0 a stable gutter, parts being shown in section and parts being' broken sway;

.40 2- is a top lplan Viewy of the struc ture shown in Fig. 1;.` y

-li`ig12 is irierspective view` illustrating a `portion oit the mechanism removed from the :traine hy which it is supported;

Fig. el is aiperspective view of one oi' the control lovers;

lfig. 5 iss` verticallongitudinal sectionalI portion ofy the .structure view through shown in Fig. i

(S` is :i View partlyfin side elevation und partly in section illustrating lone ot' the sprockets employed g. f y Fig. 'T is a horizontal sectional view illustrating a portion of `the mechanism; Fig.Y 8 isn view similar to` Fig. 2 illusany desired construction.

direction to the 7conveyornight so ias trating la modified rforno of the invention;

Fig. l9 is a side elevation yof a brake which is employed in connection with the winding or take up drum for -thefconveyor flight. y

Inthe "drawings the numeral l indicates in generaly the interior of a barnor stable and `the numeral 2 indicates a gutter which extends Within Vthe barn .or` stable and Outwardly i at oneend Jthrough an opening 3 in one wall of the stable, this gutter being; designed to extend above the `frame within ,which are mounted the various mecha-y nisrnsof .the present invention.; The lconveyor flightheretofore referred to comprises spaced sprocket Achains A: and transverse 7.0 slats or .bars 5 which may be of angle `iron or of any other suitable material and olf This conveyor flight y,is of dimensions to travel freely within the `gutter 2 and yet `is so propor-n tioned yand constructed that in its move/.- ment within the `gutter in the direction oi the opening' 3, it will serve ei'ectually.tovv clean the gutter. Means which willV pres ently be described,v is provided for impart ing motion `to the conveyor flight in the direction sta-ted, land means likewise -provided for imparting' motionin an opposite, to return y.the saine to -nornial positionwithin S5 the gutter this latter means includingv :i l cable G which connected `as indicated at 7 with Vthe inner end ,of the conveyor flight l andfis passed upwardly about a pulley'wt located :et that end of the 4gutter opposite theiend which extends through lthe open- 3. From the pulley 8, the cable 6 is led upwardly and thence over other pulleys 9 arranged overhead, the :cable being'linally ledldownwardly ,and about a spul-ley 10 and through an opening ll-formed ,inthe wall oi' the stable above the opening, l l

The several Vl1nechanisms embodying the invention are mounted ivi-thin `or upon a suitable framework which `is nidicateil in general by the muneral and which `is mounted exteriorly of the 'stable orbarn. This fna-i-neworlr comprises a topl` which rectanoularand preferably formed rtrom one piece of angle Airon cut and bent .to the required shape. This top supported by legs or u-pri Ylits V14C' and is suitably braced as indicated by the numeral l5'. A The trame f struoturelalso includes side rails lr6 secured to the 'legsor :uprights hl and projet i I able manner.

their rear ends beyond the remainder of the framestructureto provide abutment arms 17 designed to engage againstthe adjacent wall of the barn or stable as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawingsvv so as to brace the frame structure with relation to the said wall and likewise prevent -the winding-or take-up drum for the conveyor flight from coming in contact with the wall of the stable or barn `as will presently be made apparent.

As beforel stated, the conveyor travels within the gutter 2 in theioperation of the device'and the gutter at one end eX- tendsthrough the opening 3 and above the top 13 of the frame structure 12, being preferably secured to Athis structure in any vsuit- The chains 54 of the flight, after passingfthe said end' of the gutter, are trained about sprocketl gears18 which are fiXedinany suitable mannerupon a shaft 19 rotatably mounted in suitable bearings incr upon the side membersof the top 12 ofthe frarne structurelv To vprevent,A accidental jumping of the chains from the sprocket .gears 18, each gearjis preferably providedv with a circular guard head 20y located at its outer face andvof greater diameter thanthe said gear, the opposing-faces of the two heads being preferably convex as illustrated in Fig,- 7 `of the drawings so'asfnot to offer any frictional lresistance to the passage of the chains 4 about the gears 18". After passing about the sprocket gears 18, the "chains`4 arey led rearwardly Iwithin the 'frame structure 12 :andare` suitably secured-asat'21 at their adjacent ends to the winding or take@ up drum heretofore referred tok and which is indicated in general by the numeral 22. This drum is suitably fixed upon a shaft 23 mounted insuitablebearingsin the sides of the framestructure, as for example inthe side bars 16, the headsof the dru1n`,`yindi .cated by the numeral'24, being of adianieter such that their peripheries willbe spaced from the'wallof the "barn or stable when the abutment arms 17 are in engagement chains. i

against the said wall as'shown in Figs 1 and 2.. `*Between the/sprocket gears, 18 and the drum'22,'the stretches of the chains'4`may be passedover suitable idle rollsfor pulleys which serveto suitably tensionV tl'ie" said Power is supplied tothe shaft 19fby means which will nowy be described. A drive fbelt 26 leads from'any suitable source of power such kfor lexample as 4,an internal-combus tion engine and is trained over a pulley 27 fixed upon one end of ashaft 28y which'is rotatably mounted in suitable bearings in the top member 13 of the frame structure 12 inwardly ofthe shaft 19 and parallel thereto. A'crown gear 29 is fixed uponlthe 'shaft 28 and has inner and outer concentric series ofteeth, the inner series being indicated by thenumeral 30 and thenout'er series kbythe this bearing receiving the inner end of a flight shaftl 34 which carries a pinion 35. The pin- `ion'35 kis mounted for sliding movement upon the said shaft 34but is rotatable with theshaft and consequently the pinion may be slid into position meshing with the gear teeth or with the gear teeth 31 or to occupy an intermediate or neutral position if desired.` In order that the pinion 35 may be shifted in' the manner stated there is providedf'in connection therewith a yoke 36 of the usual type the movement of which is effected by a hand lever 37, this lever being fixed upon one end of a rod 38 mounted for rocking movement transversely upon the top member 13l of the frame structure 12'. The 85 lever 37 is held in its positions of adjustmentby the cooperation of a hand pawl device 39 'carried thereby, with a segmental rack 40 fixed upon the said ymember of the frame. The opposite end of the rod 38 has secured upon it an upstanding arm 41 to which is connected one endof a rod 42 the forward end. of which rod is connected with the said yoke 36 so that when the lever 37 is manipulated, the pinion 35 will, as stated, be shifted so as to mesh either with the teeth 30 or the teeth 31 or to occupy a position between these series' of teeth and out of mesh with the teeth of b oth series. The shaft 34 is rotatably mounted near its forward endV in 100 a bearing block 43 which block is `in turn guided -for vertical movement rin asuitable bracket 44 fixed upon the top of the frame structure, a spring 45 being .provided-be 4 neath the block for yieldably resisting` 105 downward'movement thereof. A worm 46is fixedupon the forward end ofthe shaft34 and this wor-mis designed to mesh with a worm pinion 47vfixed'upon the shaft 19. The numerals 48 and 49 indicate togglelinks- 110 which are pivotally `connected with each other'as at 50, the link 48 being pivotally connected at its lower end as at 51 to the bearingjblock-43, and the link 49-being pivotallyi connected at its uper end as at 52 to a 115 suitable lbracket 53 upon the frame kstructure. lThe pivot 52 is a nxedone and when the toggle links 48 and 49 are in the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings they have been thrown slightlypast dead center, their further movement in this direction being prevented, however, by a stop lug 54 upon the link'49 which lug engages one edge of the link 48. In this position ofthe links the worm 46 is maintained in mesh vwith the 125 worin pinion 47 ,but by breaking the toggle,

the shaft 34L may be swung upwardly so as to move the worm out of mesh with the worin pinion. 1n 'order that this Vmay be done a rod 55 .is pivotally 'connected with the toggle 130 flink' i9 and is lecl rearwardly encl'seourecl to hold the shaft' kein i loweredV shaft w [are erins 'l'llancl ton Collar theforwercly encl oi e sleeve 56 which is ii'ornletl'in one side with a' longitudinally ey.` `N fi spring 58 is` Wrangell `within the sleevevaincl yhears at its torweiffl` entl against the closed 'ioiwmrd` enel "the sleeve enel at itsrear enclogeinst'the en-y tending slot 57 lergecl enfl 59 of e. fingere() which. projects laterally lfrom the entlof an erinl secured( upon e shaft mounteclor rocking inovenient within Suitable hearings yupon the top ineniher 13 ofthe freine structure. Anop# eijeting l'ever is liXed upon the other eno of this shaft and is provided with e hand pawl device `(Se for cooperation `with seg'` mental rech 65 whereby 'the lever nifty 'he i held in positions of adjustment. lt Will now evident that the lever 63 may he menipu lated so es to spread the toggle or break the saine :incl thus lower or elevate theheering 34 so zielte bring `thehl el; 4&3 tor the shaft worin 46 into or out of mesh with the Worin pinion 47. When the lever 63 is' so nre nipuletecl to breek the togglejoint', the

spring 45 will `tend to throw the'he-.ningll 1nv en upward direction thus oausingfthe worin 46 to clear the Worin pinion el? and mien thelever is manipulated so es to shove tommrdly uponthe roel' 55, the toggle links will he spread until they eesifiine about the relative positions shown in lligx lf-oi: 'the drawings whereupon they Willlooliz'rnzl thus position and with the xifoim @lo in` mesh with'` the Worin pinion 47.1 filly. they employment of the' springs 4-5 :mil

58, `the' parts are'relieved of shook when thehantl lever (S3 is manipul lated.

also he evident that when the shzigt l. tilted in one direction the conveyor' Hight will lio caused to travel"longitudinally ,in ther gutter 2 so listo'olemrthe-1se1cl si it* when'the device' operated. l this in n .7 means which will now he desorioed, operates simultaneously to tele up or Wind' the con`4 veyoi'nlight after 'it passes over the sprocket gears 18.

ln order to transmit power to the Wind? ing;` drum 22 for the purpose oi" taking .up or Windin the conveyor flight its eloovemein. lli-oued o 'sirooket geni' 66 is loosely mounted upon the shell? '19. au-nl has traine-cl over it :i

sproeletl chain lll" 'which posses also over Iit sproolet gear lixeil upon the shot;

(liek G9' is ixetlnpon the shzijft 19, rml Clutch firms FO ere pivotally mounted 21S at '.71 upon the gear (3G unil have shoes/T for fria-tional erjff of` the `clisl: 39'.

pivotnlljw oonneotetl '.urnlmolqle linlto the ends l Qi', fthe snliilebljf mounted upon the shaft lf3. .ein

rto prov-iclefoi sliding movement of tion' ot the rofl t r the numeral` 8l threaded upon the ythe arms "2T "up'fhy and Wound upon the drum more i `shoes iff muy lt Willnow he evident thatv the uppli- 1vol poweiito the shalt 1S)4 Yfrom the may Ahe readily Controlled. llt will ifo-f torn oil the :flight e A brake l engagement with the periph 7% which loosely' p ...clinellyY of thefrol.- lflifspiing 83 is disposed upon the rofl. i8 and `hears het veen the'` henfl Wheel l2 en?. the outer'enil ,of the erin 1W lt will not.y he evident thee when:` the hand Wheel S2 is rotziteclin one direction,

sl'ireeding theoner ends of the arms 70 and Causing the'sht 72 to i'iCtionellV-elutehthe Jeiipherjf 'of the Clnteh disk' thus conr heating' t he sprocket gear' 66 for rotation with the shaft '19 although, there' may lieto;r elippege the ports Awhenthe occasion arises, l *this manner' :fot-ary motion ie' transmi neil to the shaft Qjroin the shell;`

19 so that theoonveyor flight will he teilten Of Course, es e. greater' length of theeonveyor ilight ier-,fennel onto the drum, `there ,.Villhe :i tende evier` flight-to he'talen up the',

@illy mit these een Lions the slip over the periphery oitlze hurl t hein the conye'ivor the ilrnnz in the Vreturn inox ght toits neri por no. the hzinlgl wheel in .if

yation lthe opoosite of tl he 1 :it ed so as .to release the shoes?? enel enge inentwztli the peripl ery ot' the elet/:h disk 69 and consequently ne tary in( on will he impertecl to the sh i the medium of the sgiroelfzet conditions he rote clutch (liek llQfeoas not to impose any undue upon the V.Chains the conveyor flight. l

y is to he mworlnll fenient oi? ne erm i' This por-1 y CIL poitionoi' the rofl incll may he rotate@ so as to heeclgusted londesirablefetlvthis time that the reverse rotaition of the drum 22 he"Somewhat'retarded so tint the conveyor 'eght cannotnnwincl too rapidly '.trenit e s .n and heeeine entonglefl in other? normal posit-ion. lfm-- t` 1s purpose there proviilellin connection wiih the drum a suitable lvfalilevieewl h is clearly' illusti'nteil Yin lf"'lg ;e.y lifinil 9 of the .xrings snel Whioh'will 'nowhe elesfrill'eil; Chinn; Sil is associated With the ein may' ho seperate from 'Mir :intl seeuijed upon the shalt "2 neznl l 86 loosely inra of e. huh (le S8 Whieh pro.V`

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upper end tok Y may be manipulated for the purpose of lraisring or lowerinffthe rod l92 andthus 'di.a\v

` ject throughV slots `89 inthe-V said transverse head, land links 90 are pivotally connected at theirlower!v ends with-these links andat j their upper ends, as at 91 to the lower V,end

` of a'rod 92 in turn pivotally connected at its an operating lever v93 whichf e v ing together,ormovingapart the brake shots so as "tobring the sameout of braking con-y fi ,K tact with the surface of the drum 84.

' `that the pinion 9- .98, is y associated n through a hand-leverf99 "held'l in positions of is'rjin the form of 'theA drum 22 its norinair positionwithin the gutter, the

The,y unwiiiding of the conveyor Hight by, winding uploffthe cableV 6 which 28 and slidable thereonjnto and out of mesh with the .internal 'geai-96. In order Tfinay be so'shifted, a yoke adjustment by meansofa hand pawll device 100 which; coacts y with "a rack 101`uponv the frame ofthe'device. It will now `be evident thatiwlienvit is desiredto take up the cable 6.l so as to: unwind the conveyor-flight` from.

and return thesaid flight to lever 63 may be rnanipulated'iso;asi-tov effect upward'swinging movement of the shaft. 34 "or thepinioii iiiayb'e shifted `to neutral f v poSition-andfthen, the lever 99 is to kbe opverated'soas to bring the pinion 97 into mesh 'withv thegear whereuponA the drum y97 willbe ro'tatedito wind "up the cable 6, the

hand wheel 82 rhaving previously been manipulated so asto release the clutchconr piising the .shoes T2 and `disk 69.

f At this point it'niayi best ted that `it is Apreferable that vthe `teeth .of the sprocket foiniedoas shown ini'Fig. 6 of gears 1S be y the drawings, each tooth havinga relatively straight pulling side indicated ybythe nu1neral 102 and a rounded rear side 103. By

thus shapingthe teeth, the rear sides thereof will `sweep or Vwipe past' the linksof the sprocket chains/1l as these chains are pass-` ing more or less rapidly back tofno'rmal position within the gutter. rIn this manner the teeth of the sprockets 18y will not drag the y upp stretches of the chains Adownwardly past the end'of theeiitensionof the gutter as would otherwisebe vliable tooccur.`

The `conveyor iight heretofore described is designed to discharge onto an elevator whichinthat forni of the inventionshowii in Figs.` 1 to `inclusive travels in the saine general direction as the conveyorfilght and in that form of the invention shown in Fig.v 1,8, travels' at right) angles to the path of therewith and is actuated i tra-vel vof `the lconveyor Hight,- the elevator in e either instance `being `designed to discharge ata-point relativelyremote from the dis-v charge end ofthe conveyor and onto a heap Aor pile -orinto a wagonjor other conveyance,

In the .first mentioned formofther neven-' tion, the elevator. is indicated in `generai by the-numeral 1 0-1` and the same comprises anendless chain or vbelteonveyor 105 which is `mountedwithin'asuitable frame 106 mounted' at its lower end to swing about a shaft l107 ournaled in suitable bearings "10S" members 16V ofl the frame.

upon the s ide structure 12. Acable 109 is connected with the upper or outer end lof the conveyor frame 106y and is woundfabout a drum 110 rotatably mounted upon the .forward end of the said frame structure 12. lAcranli handlel 111 is fixed onto one end of the supportingshaft for this drum andthe shait likewisewcarries a ratchet .112 with' whichl fcoacts a pivoted pawl y113 for thepurpose of preventing backward rotation of the shaft.

In this Vmanner the conveyor or elevator may be swung upwardlyor permitted to lower so as'to suitably elevate its ,discharge or outer end. In orderthat the conveyorl105 may be driven, a sprocketgear 114 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 19 and a chain 11:5y

is trained about this gear and about a similar gear 116 upon the shaft 107, thechain being held suitably taut .byineans of a tightener 117 lof any approved type.` It is desirable n that the conveyorbe driven only while the conveyor flight which operates within the gutter is traveling in a' `manner to clean the gutter ,and to discharge onto the said conveyor 1105, and lthat the said conveyor 105 remain idle while the conveyor Hight L1 isbeing returnedy to itsQnoi-inal positiony within the gutter, and in order that this maybe accomplished,` acollar 1.18 is fined` upon they shaft 19 andy carries pawls 119 which are designed to engage vwith ratchet teeth 120 formed within the face of the gear 114, the teeth clutching the gear with the shaft whenthe shaftis rotated ,in a forward direction, and riding freely past the ratchet `,teeth of the gear whenithe shaft is rotating` in a backward direction.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. S of the drawings, the elevator com@y prising-the said conveyor 105 is positioned at right angles with lrelation vto the dis charge end of the i gutter and is suitably mounted vat its lower end for swinging movement aboutfa shaft 121whichy is mounted inv e suitable bearings upon one of the sideniemvbers`16 of the frame structure. `fIl'iisshaft is provided at one end with a beveled pinion 122` which meshesv `with -a bevel gear fixed upon the shaft 107 heretofore dc-v,

scribedl f It will be understood, course, lthat the frame structure of the machinerie well .as-

',upon the transmission shaft to mesh. with thegeal" upon thecounter shaft, means for swinging the said ltransmission shaft linto and out of position-to eflect`v meshing of the last mentioned gears, ya bearing for the free end of the transmission shaft, a toggle link `connected with the bearing,` vaV toggle link connected with` the first mentionedk link,

' manually operable means connected with one of said links for spreading and breakingthe toggle, and means cushioning the movement yof the said bearing.

8, In a device of` the classdescribechtakel up means, a conveyer flight having one end .connected ,uponthe power shaft, a gear upon `the transmission yshaft to mesh with the gear upon the counter shaft,- means. for swinging the said' transmission shaft into andeut of p0- sition to effect meshing'of the last mentioned gears,v a bearingfor the .free end` of ftheftransmission shaft, a toggle link connected with the bearing, atoggle link con nected with :the first mentionedl link, kmanthe power 'shaft f -uallyT operable means connected. with one of `said links for spreading and breaking the toggle, the said manually operable means comprising a rock arm, a rod connected with one of the toggle-links, a sleeve connected with the rod-and ihavingV a slot, the rockv yarm having aA ,lateral finger d project-ing through the slot and into thesleeve, and ay spring arrangedv `within the sleeve "and bearing betweenone end thereof andthe saidffinger@ i l9. In an device ofthe. class described, a shaft, sprockets upon the shaft, and a conveyor having side chains passing about the sprockets, the teeth of driving sides `presented in one `direction of rotation ofthe sprockets and having their l opposite sides vrounded to freely sweep past `the links of the chains. i

shaft, means for rotating .they shaft, a sprocket ony the "shaft, a conveyor `including chains guard "sides of the sprocket, the heads being of greater diameter. than the sprocketand theopposed faces of the heads being convex.,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK J. BoBsEIpNE.' fasi the sprockets havingl0. ln a `device of the class described, a

passing over said sprocket, and' heads upon-the shaft at the outer 

